Pardon my ignorance, but isn't parted itself a partioning utility? If indeed, it can make ext3 partitions directly, than the tar/mkfs/untar advice (similar to the wrong Howto's) is also incorrect.
A Google later: Please look at http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/. I get the impression than it cannot create a NEW ext3 filesystem, and the question remains open. Oleg Kobets wrote: > Well, as far as I know (and may be mistaken) to create ext3 you need to > convert <whateverer> to ext2 and then use the "parted" program. no magick > there :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Feiglin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Moshe Zadka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:46 PM > Subject: Re: Converting from Fat32 to Ext3fs? > > > >> >>Moshe Zadka wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>>Is there a reliable utility out there to convert from Fat32 to Ext3fs? >>> >>> >>>If you've got some unrelated backup medium >>> >>>tar >>>mkfs >>>untar >> >>But Caveat Emptor! I followed the relevant Howto on that, (after backing > > up of > >>course) and only managed to produce an ext2 filesystem with an > > un-removable > >>journal file its root. That is, the filesystem could not be mounted as > > ext3. > >>Further, I was by no means the only one to experience that problem. >> >>Current wisdom at the time said to use the distro's setup utility (SuSE > > 7.3) as > >>if you were building a new system, create the ext3 filesystem, stop the > > setup > >>and restore you data to it. That worked and left no pesky .journal file > > hanging > >>around. >> >>I haven't quite figured out what magic SuSE used, but I'd sure like to > > know. The > >>same trick may work for other distros. >> >>Apart from that bit of nastiness, it was well worth the effort. >> >>Regards, >> >>DAF >> >> >>>Is as reliable as they come. >>> >>>================================================================= >>>To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >>>the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command >>>echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>================================================================= >>To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >>the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command >>echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
